About me

No, I don’t have dandruff in my hair. This picture was taken on a snowy day. And no, I didn’t pose for it.

An introduction, for our purposes, would be as follows:

Country: Pakistan

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Philosophy: Scientific materialist

Social views: Civil Libertarian

Political views: Militant Left, Anti-imperialist

Religious views: Secular

Economic views: Pragmatic statism (focus on both words); Strong public sector with moderate market incentives; Long-term economic planning geared towards the development of productive resources; Economic policy objectives oriented towards the interests of the urban working-class, lower-middle-class and rural peasantry.

Interests: Too many for a normal human lifespan

I like: Arguments, Interesting people, Reading, Video Games, Music, Humor, Seeing new places, Doing new stuff, Eating food I haven’t tried before

I don’t like: Arguments that get nowhere, Philistines, Arrogance, Repetitive routines

I don’t give a flying fuck for: Unnecessary displays of emotionalism, Lifestylism

I do give a flying fuck for: Millions of different things at different times (damned short attention span, you see)

I can never get enough of: Adventure, Novelty, Orange Juice

My biggest problem with myself is: my inability to concentrate on a particular task for a long period: I can get distracted so easily!

Another thing about me that annoys me: I procrastinate way too much!

The purpose of life in general (and MY life in particular) is: Unknown so far…and the way I see it, life wouldn’t be worth living if we knew exactly what it was meant for! :)

A description of my life in 4 words: A battle with boredom

When I’m dead, I’d like to be: buried in a citrus-fruit orchard. Make sure its either lemons or oranges. I love lemonade, and orange juice is just to die for!

13 Responses

  1. Desi Italiana, on August 7th, 2007 at 11:50 am Said:

    Comrade:

    Soldier on, my man.

    Reply
  3. Faiqa Aslam, on September 17th, 2007 at 1:08 pm Said:

    Hello crimson east!

    I came across your blog today and I have to say that Im quite impressed!! Keep writing, ok?

    Reply
  4. Crimson East, on September 20th, 2007 at 8:09 pm Said:

    Thanks!

    Errr…

    *scratches head*

    Will do! :)

    Reply
  5. Fan of Crimson East, on December 14th, 2007 at 1:56 am Said:

    I am impressed. You rock my world my red friend!

    Reply
  6. Crimson East, on December 14th, 2007 at 2:00 am Said:

    I am truly honored.

    *bows*

    (damn, I need to stop watching those samurai movies)

    But yeah seriously, thanks a million!

    Reply
  7. Ben Seattle, on January 13th, 2008 at 8:33 pm Said:

    Nice blog. I ran into it while looking at the Revolutionary Left forums. It is blogs like this that help me remember the immense liberating potential of the emerging revolution in communications.

    Ben Seattle

    Reply
  8. Crimson East, on January 14th, 2008 at 10:06 pm Said:

    I’m glad you like it. :)

    Reply
  9. Jasdeep, on May 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 am Said:

    Nice to see a radical lefty in blogosphere and that too from Pakistan

    Reply
  10. Lilian Marçal, on September 9th, 2008 at 8:16 am Said:

    I hadn’t visited your website in a little while (so busy) and was just so happily surprised by this section and the changes you’ve made in here.

    I’m really proud of you, my friend. Let me clap for you , and stand for the wounderfull job you are doing in this blog and thank you for the inspiring quotes.

    We might not agree all the time, but at least I know your concerns are also my concerns.

    I can’t wait to look around and see what else you have here!

    Reply
  11. Sharjeel Bhutto, on September 14th, 2008 at 12:42 am Said:

    Impressed~

    Reply
  13. Sami Khan, on August 20th, 2009 at 6:28 pm Said:

    wow.. i really love ur blog, it got many things new to look at.. appreciated man

    Reply

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  • Uncle Ho:

    There were political terms difficult to understand in this thesis. But by dint of reading it again and again, finally I could grasp the main part of it. What emotion, enthusiasm, clear-sightedness and confidence it instilled into me! I was overjoyed to tears. Though sitting alone in my room, I shouted out aloud as if addressing large crowds: “Dear martyrs, compatriots! This is what we need, this is the path to our liberation!”

    (Ho Chi Minh, in “The path that led me to Leninism”)

  • Ghassan Kanafani:

    "Imperialism has laid its body over the world : the head in Eastern Asia, the heart in the Middle East, its arteries reaching Africa and Latin America. Wherever you strike it, you damage it, and you serve the World Revolution."

    (Ghassan Kanafani, editor of Al Hadaf, published weekly by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine)

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  • Omar Khayyam:

    گر بر فلکم دست بدی چون یزدان

    بر داشتمی من این فلک را ز ميان

    وز نو فلکی دگر چنان ساختمی

    کازاده بکام دل رسيدی آسان

    Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire, to grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire? Would we not shatter it to bits - and then, re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!

    (Omar Khayyam, talking sense even though he’s had a bit too much to drink)

  • The Chairman:

    Hence, imperialism and all reactionaries, looked at in essence, from a long-term point of view, from a strategic point of view, must be seen for what they are - paper tigers. On this we should build our strategic thinking. On the other hand, they are also living tigers, iron tigers, real tigers which can devour people. On this we should build our tactical thinking.

    (Mao Zedong, Selected Works, Vol. IV, pp. 98-99)

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  • El Che:

    We must carry out a general task with the tactical purpose of getting the enemy out of its natural environment, forcing him to fight in regions where his own life and habits will clash with the existing reality. We must not underrate our adversary; the U.S. soldier has technical capacity and is backed by weapons and resources of such magnitude that render him frightful. He lacks the essential ideological motivation which his bitterest enemies of today have in the highest degree. We will only be able to overcome that army by undermining their morale — and this is accomplished by defeating it and causing it repeated sufferings.

    (Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in “Message to the Tricontinental”)

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  • Faiz:

    Look! for in the blacksmith’s shop, the flame burns wild, the iron glows red. The locks open their jaws and every chain begins to break!

    (Faiz Ahmed Faiz)

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  • Lenin:

    The more capitalism is developed, the more strongly the shortage of raw materials is felt, the more intense the competition and the hunt for sources of raw materials throughout the whole world, the more desperate is the struggle for the acquisition of colonies. …................................................................................... The description of "British imperialism" in Schulze-Gaevernitz's book reveals the same parasitical traits. The national income of Great Britain approximately doubled from 1865 to 1898, while the income "from abroad" increased ninefold in the same period. While the "merit" of imperialism is that it "trains the Negro to habits of industry" (not without coercion, of course ...), the "danger" of imperialism lies in that "Europe will shift the burden of physical toil --first agricultural and mining, then the rougher work in industry--on to the colored races, and itself be content with the role of rentier, and in this way, perhaps, pave the way for the economic, and later, the political emancipation of the colored races." ..........................................................................................

    (Vladimir Lenin, in "Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism", 1916)